(AFP) Alfonso Cuaron and his 3D space spectacular “Gravity” edged ahead in the Oscars race when the Mexican triumphed at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awards.

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“It is truly an honor, and I’m humble. I still have this kind of teen crush (for directors) and it makes me very nervous talking to them,” said Cuaron, 52, as he picked up the top film prize in Los Angeles.

In each of the last 10 years the DGA winner went on to take the Oscar for best director, with the exception last year of actor-director Ben Affleck, who was not nominated in the director category for smash film “Argo.”

The Oscars, the climax of Tinseltown’s glitzy awards season, is on March 2.